WWI, Beginnings

1. Describe the event in Sarajavo- July 1914- that let to the start of WWI.
2. What was the Schlieffen Plan? (explain)
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ww1.htm

Great video on trench warfare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9iR0xJW-Fk

Key WWI Battles-
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/all.htm

WWI Causes

Causes of World War I. Use these next two sites to answer the following:

1. Define and give an example-Alliance: Imperialism: Militarism: Nationalism:
2. Explain the Moroccan Crisis and the Balkan (Bosnian)
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm
Watch this short video when you are finished. (great pictures of the war)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGtru-H5hW8&feature=fvw

Blog #7: Waterloo

Use the following to answer the questions below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/battle_waterloo_01.shtml 1. Where was Napoleon prior to his return to France in 1815? 2. What made up the 7th Coalition? Which armies (and leaders) were in Belgium in 1815? 3. Describe Blucher. 4. What was Napoleon's strategy in Belgium? 5. What was Wellington's plan on the morning of June 18th? 6. Why, at 3 pm, did things look bad for Napoleon? 7. Give two reasons, in this article, why Napoleon lost at Waterloo. Try this... http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_war/ibs/

Blog 6: Code Napoleon

Use the following site for the questions below: http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/government/c_code.html 1. What was the Napoleonic Code? (1st paragraph on site) 2. How many BOOKS are there in the Napoleonic Code? Name those books and the titles that go with them. (Do not write down all of the chapters!). 3. Choose one chapter in each book, write and explanation and be able to discuss in class.

Blog 5: The Directory

ONE QUESTION- What was the Thermidorean reaction and how was the new government set up in France after 1795? (Phase 3)

http://bigsiteofhistory.com/the-thermidorean-reaction-and-the-directory-1794-1799-the-french-revolution

Blog #4-French Revolution: Radical Phase

Look over the website and answer the following:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REV/RADICAL.HTM
1. Describe the summer of 1792 in Paris.
2. Who were the Girondists? Jacobins? Sans-Culottes?
3. Describe the Reign of Terror- Include the Committee of Public Safety and Marat, Danton and Robespierre.
END the reading at the Thermidorean Reaction.

Good video featuring Viva La Vida from Cold Play. Enjoy. (Notice how Napoleon is portrayed at first and then at the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF4lPWU_qxY

Blog#3-English Civil War

Using the following site, write a one-page summary (typed) of the English Civil War. You do not have to use all of the readings on this web site. (this assignment is 30 pts)

http://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/english/